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JGM Pick of the Week – July 18, 2022
“Proud of Me” Treva Chezmusique (release date: June 18, 2022) www.trevajones.com By Robert M. Marovich Treva Jones is no stranger to gospel music or to the Journal of Gospel Music. Written by the premier songwriter V. Michael McKay, “Proud of Me” is Jones’s latest single. Her warm, resonant alto curls around a lyric that expresses the challenges as well as the joys of being a disciple of Christ. “When you look in my direction,” she sings upward, “I pray that my reflection will make you put a smile on your face.” Produced by Sanchez Harley and co-produced by Paul Richards, [...]
The Southern Sons of Memphis – “Live” At Home in Memphis
The Southern Sons of Memphis “Live” At Home in Memphis SOME Records (2016) www.sonsofmemphismusic.com By Bob Marovich Although released in 2016, the Southern Sons of Memphis’s “Live” At Home in Memphis is, like most gospel quartet recordings without undue amounts of synthesizer, evergreen. Bob Holloway, the Southern Sons’ longstanding member, [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 24, 2019
“One Minute” Coleen (release date: February 5, 2019) By Bob Marovich Singer-songwriter Coleen’s “One Minute” is not only the first song she wrote, it is autobiographical. At a time when everything was going wrong in her life, when she couldn’t hold on for another minute, Coleen cried out to the [...]
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JGM Pick of the Week – July 18, 2022
“Proud of Me” Treva Chezmusique (release date: June 18, 2022) www.trevajones.com By Robert M. Marovich Treva Jones is no stranger to gospel music or to the Journal of Gospel Music. Written by the premier songwriter V. Michael McKay, “Proud of Me” is Jones’s latest single. Her warm, resonant alto curls around a lyric that expresses the challenges as well as the joys of being a disciple of Christ. “When you look in my direction,” she sings upward, “I pray that my reflection will make you put a smile on your face.” Produced by Sanchez Harley and co-produced by Paul Richards, [...]
The Southern Sons of Memphis – “Live” At Home in Memphis
The Southern Sons of Memphis “Live” At Home in Memphis SOME Records (2016) www.sonsofmemphismusic.com By Bob Marovich Although released in 2016, the Southern Sons of Memphis’s “Live” At Home in Memphis is, like most gospel quartet recordings without undue amounts of synthesizer, evergreen. Bob Holloway, the Southern Sons’ longstanding member, [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: June 24, 2019
“One Minute” Coleen (release date: February 5, 2019) By Bob Marovich Singer-songwriter Coleen’s “One Minute” is not only the first song she wrote, it is autobiographical. At a time when everything was going wrong in her life, when she couldn’t hold on for another minute, Coleen cried out to the [...]
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“He’s Been Faithful”Elder E.L. WilliamsAvailable on http://www.amazon.com/Elder E.L. Williams of Philadelphia is a bass who sings sub-basement notes with the ease of Jimmy Jones and Dickie Freeman while crooning like [...]
“Prayer is the Key”The Alabama BoysMalaco/4 Winds Records (2010)http://www.thealabamaboys.org/I’m going against the grain here, because “Never Alone” is the single that the Montgomery-based Alabama Boys are promoting. It is a [...]
“Yesterday is on a Missile”PKFrom the CD 7UPhttp://www.pkallday.com/PK is Ace, Motown and Finance, a three-man urban group based in Atlanta and Los Angeles. They met at Georgia State University and [...]
January 2011 promises to be a special month for gospel music.In addition to the 26th Annual Stellar Awards…On January 14, 2011, BMI will honor gospel music artists Commissioned and Pastor [...]
“Things Are Gonna Get Better”Zak Williams & 1/Akordhttp://www.zakwilliams.com/Zak Williams & 1/Akord is a 40-member, multi-denominational gospel choir whose members hail from several states on the east coast. The group has [...]
By Bob Marovich of The Black Gospel Blog.Joe Pace is a busy man these days. He just released Praise for the Sanctuary, his first CD for Tyscot Records and the [...]
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By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
By Robert Marovich
In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago.
